Chapter 5 Spartacus

"Just enough for everyone to have a meal." Spartacus looked at Cross and asked, "Have brothers changed their weapons and armor?"

"All changed." Cross grinned and pointed behind him: "Twenty brothers have all changed into infantry equipment, plus you and I killed the guard at the iron gate and changed into this suit, as well as An archer fell from the balcony... We now have twenty-two infantry and one archer. If anyone dares to stop us, we will crush them like ants! "

"Roar!" The fully armed gladiators behind him roared, causing others on the training ground to look back in astonishment.

Spartacus glanced at these fully armed gladiators and found that they were all Gauls. He nodded and said calmly: "We are on the way to escape. If we encounter the enemy again, we will have to rely on you."

"Don't worry, I'll lead them to the front." Cross replied confidently.

"How are the injuries of the brothers?" Spartacus looked at Altonix again.

Altonix spoke in a low tone: "Twenty-one died, 11 were seriously injured, and 32 were slightly injured..."

Several gladiator leaders fell silent at the same time: There were a total of 295 gladiators in this school. This riot mobilized them all, resulting in 64 casualties, accounting for more than one-fifth... …

Spartacus quickly cheered up and said in a deep voice: "For those who are slightly injured, let the brothers take turns carrying them. For those who are seriously injured and difficult to treat... let them leave happily."

"Okay." Cross responded and led his men to execute it.

So, Maximus saw these gladiators coming to the side of their seriously injured and unconscious companions, closing their eyes and reciting a few words silently, then drew out their daggers and stabbed them directly in the chest.

No one stopped or raised any objections. From the day they became gladiators, they had been dealing with death and had long been accustomed to it.

But this shocked Maximus greatly, and also frightened the injured Pheasalus beside him.

At this moment, Spartacus said loudly: "Brothers, after a bloody battle, we broke the cage that Batiatus set for us! Now the door has been opened, but when we escape from this school... Never forget that many of the guards you killed were Roman citizens! The bad wolf of Batiatus who was scared by us and ran away must have asked the officials of Capua for help. The Romans have always been afraid of betrayal. The master's slaves are very cruel. They will definitely send an army to hunt us down, capture us, nail us to crosses and torture us to death!

You should not forget the power of the Romans. The whole of Italy and the entire Mediterranean are controlled by them. It will not work if you want to escape alone and then hide. We can only unite tightly and gather all our resources. Only with the strength to overcome one difficulty after another can we finally gain true freedom! "

As soon as he finished speaking, a gladiator shouted: "Spartacus, don't worry, I won't run around, I will always follow you!"

"Yes, Spartacus, you are the most capable. We believe in you and will fight with you!"

"Spartacus, you are our leader. Under your leadership, we will tear into pieces all those Romans who dare to stop us!"

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The gladiators shouted one after another, and finally gathered into an excited roar: "Spartacus! Spartacus!!..."

Maximus stared curiously at Spartacus standing in front: the real Spartacus was not even remotely similar to the actor who played him in previous movies and TV series. He was tall and muscular, but Not bloated, with short curly brown hair soaked in sweat that sticks smoothly to the broad forehead, a long round face, a slightly pointed chin, a straight bridge of the nose, big and bright eyes, and particularly bright brown eyes, coupled with the long And the thick eyelashes and subtle smile...

A phrase came to Maximus' mind: "A face as kind as a sheep." This image does not match his body shape, but it is this contradiction that gives people a strong sense of intimacy. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that the school's number one gladiator, who is unbeatable in the arena, makes him Everyone trusts and follows so much.

Spartacus put on the Roman-style helmet left by the guard he killed. The afterglow of the sunset shone on it, forming a hazy halo that was particularly dazzling. His eyes were firm and he waved his hand vigorously: " Follow me, let's get out of here!" After saying that, he ran towards the gate first, followed by the gladiators with weapons and equipment, and then other gladiators with bare hands and wounded companions on their backs...

Pecot carried Pheasalus on his back without hesitation. Maximus said from the side: "Pecot, if you are tired of carrying it, you can let me carry it."

Pecot ignored it.

This Angle Priest School is surrounded by stone walls more than four meters high. The door is a thick oak door with a large iron lock, which can be said to be heavily guarded. At this moment, the iron lock of the door was not opened, but a big hole was smashed out of the wooden door, and the hole was cut flat with a dagger. Thinking of the amazing power of the Germans such as Enomuyi in the memory of the original owner, Maxi James wasn't surprised.

Passing through the doorway, there is a narrow and winding alley in front of you...

Capua was once the capital of the League of Twelve Cities of Campania and is still the leading city in the region. Gladiator competitions were very popular here. It was one of the first towns in Rome to build a gladiator arena, and even Some Capua people proudly claim that "gladiator games originated in Capua", so there are more than ten privately operated gladiator schools here.

Capua people love to watch gladiatorial competitions, but they don’t want to live with these murderous monsters, and the loud and noisy fighting sounds from the gladiator school all day long are even more annoying, so many years ago the citizens of Capua collectively It was required that all gladiator schools be moved outside the city, but schools with hundreds or thousands of gladiators could not live without daily supervision. In the end, these schools were required to be built near the city walls so that soldiers patrolling the city could access them at any time. see.

With the expansion and conquest of the Romans, Rome became the center of the Mediterranean. Huge amounts of wealth and slaves poured into Rome. Countless foreigners and poor people also came to Rome to seek opportunities for survival and development. Not far from Rome, they had abundant food and clothing, and a better environment. Excellent Capua has also become a target for their migration. The inner city of Capua could not accommodate a large number of immigrants, so they built houses one after another outside the city. Due to the lack of unified planning and the independent behavior of foreign residents, the houses in the outer city of Capua were messy, with narrow alleys and roads. Oops, it's like a big maze.

Normally, Spartacus and the others would enter the arena directly in the city under the supervision of Batiatus's guards. After the game, they were immediately taken back to school. Batiatus never gave them The right to go out alone, of course, is also related to the fact that most of them are criminals or prisoners of war.

The sky had become a little dark, and the road was narrow and winding. The gladiators ran wildly for a while and then suddenly stopped because a wall appeared in front of them. This was a dead end!

Spartacus couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He glanced at the houses with closed wooden doors on both sides of the alley, and said harshly: "Break open the door, grab two people, and let them lead the way!"

"Don't bother, I know the road well, I'll lead the way!" someone in the crowd shouted.

Spartacus looked around and was a little surprised: "Maximus? Are you still alive?!"

"I just passed out. Later I woke up and saw you fighting fiercely with the guards at the entrance of the training ground, so I joined the fight..." Maximus said as he walked towards Spartacus. The reason why he dared to stand up at this time was because he realized that what the original owner had done before was too bad. If the gladiators knew about it, it would be difficult for him to imagine what would happen, so he could not continue to do nothing and must Take the initiative to perform meritorious deeds in order to gain Spartacus's protection and at the same time reduce everyone's dislike of him.

Historical records about Spartacus state that there were more than 200 gladiators in the gladiator school where Spartacus was located. However, there are two opinions on how many gladiators escaped after the riot.

One is that Spartak led his people into the kitchen and picked up the cooking utensils as weapons. In the end, only these 70 gladiators broke out of the encirclement; the other is what is described in this book.

I still remember reading the world-famous book "Spartacus" written by an Italian writer when I was a child. It was written that the gladiator school where Spartacus attended had tens of thousands of gladiators. This is too exaggerated. I'm afraid Only in the Roman Empire did the Royal Gladiator School have such a large scale.